Chapter 91: Xiangbei - The quarterfinals

"Occurrence!!!Occurrence!!!Occurrence!!"

Every time Akagi gets the ball and plays a single in the inside, all the fans of the court will spontaneously cheer for Akagi, which is all thanks to Akagi's crazy performance more than ten minutes before the opening.[]

Shoki players handed over all the offensive opportunities to Akagi, and Akagi was in a surprisingly good condition. In addition to being double-teamed, he would pass the ball to the outside in time to score points, Akagi focused all his energy on the offense, making 11 of 14 shots and 2 of 3 free throws. He scored 24 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists in just 13 minutes of the game, and 12 of them came from dunks.

Yoshizawa and Mitsui respectively received a pass from Akagi to make 3 points, and Rukawa Kaede also made a mid-range shot.

The score on the court was clearly showing 32:15.

The reason why he is 17 points ahead of Aihe Academy is entirely due to the defense of Xiangbei outside.

In this game, Masaze and Mitsui, who knew they rarely performed on the offensive end, focused entirely on defense.

The defensive tactics given by Coach Anxi are actually defended by Yuizawa and Mitsui, which is incredible to Xiangbei.

You should know that Xiangbei is just Yueze defending against Zebei, but now...

However, Xiangbei's doubts did not last long, and he understood Coach Anxi's intentions in a few minutes.

When Yoshizawa and Mitsui restricted Juxingda, other players in Aihe Academy were in a chaotic trend.

Although Rukawa Kaede had to defend two players on the opponent's forward line when he was double-teaming against Juxingda, it was inevitable that there were some omissions, but Ai and other players' ability to seize opportunities was obviously not at the same level as Juxingda. Even if there were empty seats, he would still miss some of the opportunities.

Moreover, when Rukawa Kaede went to defend against the opponent's small forward, Akagi would also consciously take care of Aika's power forward. It seems that Akagi and Rukawa Kaede should be defending the opponent's three players.

Zhu Xingda was miserable under the defense of Yokoze and Mitsui. He had no chance to connect the ball, so he barely received the basketball. He could only choose to pass the ball under the tight defense of Xiangbei. He either made a cover or a blacksmith. He even shot two "three-no" shots, and he has only scored 3 points until now.

How can other players perform smoothly when the team's ace player is stared like this?!

In fact, the tactics that Coach Anxi arranged was not completely correct. He put the burden of offense completely on Akagi. He really hoped that Akagi would play this game well. Maybe Coach Anxi felt guilty about Akagi!

But things in the world are so unpredictable, and reasonable and accurate tactics may not necessarily win.

Now Xiangbei's tactics may be wrong, but they are speeding on the right path - because all Xiangbei players hope to dedicate this game to their captains, to the captains who silently contribute to the team, basketball, and dreams.

Xiangbei players found that when everyone in the team had only one belief in their hearts, the team's operation reached unprecedented smoothness, and they played with ease both offense and defense.

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"Dou~~~Aihe Academy requests a suspension." This is the second suspension for Aihe Academy and the last in the first half.

"Bastard!! Even if you meet Shanwang, you have never played such a frustrating game!" Zhu Xing pulled a towel and wiped the sweat from his body hard.

Keiharu Sanghara feels very stressed. When he doubles the players against the players, his shooting percentage is only 40% - he scores 8 points on 4 of 10 shots. Although this score has exceeded half of the team, the players on the court are the easiest ones. He should have scored more points, but now...

Coach Aihe focused on the tactics of covering the ball by the stars. As Aihe ace, if he can't even get the ball, how can he lead the team to win?!

The Xiangbei side was obviously much more relaxed, and the players congratulated Akagi's outstanding performance.

Love and the players who reappeared on the court strengthened their off-ball running, and kept creating opportunities for Zhuxingda to catch the ball and barely returned to normal.

Xiangbei replaced Akagi, who had severe physical energy consumption, replaced Sakuragi Hanada and changed to the center, and Xiangbei launched the fastest lineup.

Aihe wants to grab points, Xiangbei's lineup has a special liking for fast attacks, and the players on both sides seem to be flying on the court.

There are frequent situations when an attack ends within 10 seconds. Fans start to stand and watch the game, as if they will miss the exciting shot once they sit down.

After Akagi got off the court, the game went smoothly, with no fouls, no timeouts, and the game time passed quickly.

52:36, the half ends.

During the half-time break, Xiangbei made personnel adjustments. Akagi replaced Rukawa Kaede, and Kimakura replaced Mitsui and won the first chance to play in the national competition.

Aihe also made some personnel adjustments, but Zhu Xingda still stayed on the court.

Yukizawa broke through. While Aihe players were still considering whether he would make a layup or pass it to Akagi, Yukizawa passed the ball to Mumaku on the outside.

Wooden Curtain scored the first three-pointer in the national competition.

"Swish~~~" The basketball passed through the Nets and brought a wonderful feeling.

"yes!!" Mu Mu, who hit the first ball, waved his fist vigorously.

Coach Aihe who saw this scene frowned. Could it be that the players who came up with two three-pointers were still good at three-pointers? If this is the case, it would be difficult to play.

Aihe's defense was greatly expanded by Shokibe, because Yokosawa, Rukawa and Mitsui all scored three-pointers on the outside, and more than one, forcing Aihe players to defend themselves. Now seeing that Shokibe No. 11 and 14 ended, the team could finally shrink the defense and stabilize the inside line, but suddenly found that the player coming up was still a three-point shooter. Aihe's defense was quite uncomfortable. What trump cards did Shokibe have in her trump card? Will there be any unexpected players again? Aihe players couldn't help but have such thoughts.

After Mitsui got out of the field, Zhu Xingda finally no longer had to face double-teams, and he was freed from the offensive end and began to score continuously.

Central shots, long shots, breakthroughs, and free throws Zhu Xingda used all means to lead the team to score, but no matter how powerful Zhu Xingda was, he could not catch up with the score.

Because Yueze began to make efforts, he strengthened his personal breakthrough. After the breakthrough, he decided how to attack based on the position of the assistant defense team.

If the inside defense is passed to Akagi, the outside defense is passed to Mumu, and the no one will choose to play singles, which will disrupt the Aihe defense line.

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While throwing the ball high into the air, Yokosawa also announced that Shokibe had won the game.

"For your advice!!!"

When Xiangbei and Aihe players saluted each other on the court, the players from Xiangbei were already hugging each other.

"Fourteen quarters! We've reached the quarters."

"Fourteenth quarter!Fourteenth quarter!Fourteenth quarter!"

"We are very strong!!!" Xiangbei players jumped in a circle, shouted, waved towels, and celebrated the victory.

Akagi completed the mission of Fukasawa Sports University to enter the quarterfinals and contributed 40 points and 12 rebounds in the game.

Yueze even scored his first triple-double: 22 points, 11 rebounds, and 16 assists.
Chapter completed!